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OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY’S DOERNBECHER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS SWAMPED WITH PATIENTS WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION./CHRISTINE TORRES-HICKS/OHSU VIA OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon Health Authority Bringing In Dozens Of Contract Nurses For Children’s Hospitals

The Oregon Health Authority is bringing in 112 out-of-state registered nurses and respiratory therapists to help the state’s two largest children’s hospitals.

Dec 3, 2022

patient lies in bed next to a female medical worker who is examining a reading on a medical device.

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Medicare Fines For High Hospital Readmissions Drop, But Nearly 2,300 Facilities Are Still Penalized

The average payment reduction was 0.43%, the lowest since 2014.

Nov 8, 2022

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Bills Would Target Mergers Among Hospital Systems, Clinic Networks, Others

The Oregon Health Authority wants the public to be able to weigh in on proposed mergers and acquisitions, a proposal that advocates support.

Jan 5, 2021
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Policymakers in Oregon and elsewhere have wrestled with gender-affirming care for minors. | SHUTTERSTOCK

RFK Jr. announces new rules targeting care for transgender youth

If approved, the proposed federal regulations would dramatically impact an already challenging landscape

Dec 22, 2025

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Decades-old Oregon health care cost-control program will continue — for now

Concerns from care organizations and providers have derailed an agency push to kill a program that engages in public, evidence-based rationing of Oregon Health Plan services, kicking it to a task force instead

Apr 10, 2025

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Private equity-owned facilities charge more for mental health, substance use treatment, study finds

Costs are going up as private equity firms purchase behavioral health providers, OHSU researchers say, reflecting a similar trend across health care

Apr 3
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